March 08, 2022
This International Women’s Day (Tues 8 March), The Parenthood is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ensure the upcoming Federal Budget addresses women’s equity and delivers on early learning reform.
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March 02, 2022
With more than 450 early learning services closed across Queensland and NSW due to catastrophic flooding, the Federal Government has instructed services that they must continue to charge parents gap fees even when they’re closed.
February 28, 2022
With at least 879 early learning services currently closed due to the floods in south-east Queensland and northern NSW, The Parenthood is calling on the Federal government to provide assistance for families and providers as a matter of urgency.
February 23, 2022
The Parenthood points to media reports this week of ASX-listed childcare provider G8 increasing fees by 4.5 per cent as a dire warning of the unsustainable pressure in the early learning system and the strain on families.
February 17, 2022
The Parenthood has joined calls today for urgent action from all political parties to invest more in early learning and parental leave as a significant step towards realising gender equity and a future in which all children have the opportunity to thrive.
February 11, 2022
A lunch away from my home desk is pretty rare. But Wednesday’s lunch was rarer still. I drove to Canberra and had the extraordinary honour of experiencing the speeches that Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame delivered.
February 08, 2022
Now we're in the swing of 2022 (how is it February already 🙈) it's time to talk! We have a few exciting sessions coming up this and next month that you're invited to attend. Please check the post and and register for each session.
January 21, 2022
In late 2020 (which feels like 20 years ago now), I started calling my kids “COVID kids”. My then 18-month old ended every nursery rhyme with “Go wash your hands”. My preppie had spent almost as much time in remote learning as in the classroom.